Unscramble SCYBALA and you have 89 words, SCYBALA itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 6 shorter words score 10, among them CLAYS, SCALY and ACYLS. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. SCYBALA as a single 7-tile play makes 64 in Scrabble, 14 plus the 50 bonus, and 51 in Words With Friends (16 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SCYBALA by length: 1 with 7 letters, 1 with 6, 17 with 5, 31 with 4, 30 with 3 and 9 with 2.
There is a single one of the 6-letter words in SCYBALA: CABALS, 10 points.
Keep every letter of SCYBALA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with SC · ending in LA · all 7-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ACYLS, CABALS, CLAYS and SCALY (10 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SCYBALA is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCYBALA itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 89) | 72 | 89 | 68 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SCYBALA, BLAYS, YABAS, ABACS, BLAY, CABAS, YABA, ABAC, ALAYS, BACS, CABA, CLY and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SABAL, CALS, YAS and CAL, 4 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of SCYBALA and one more.